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Culture Wars Between Hong Kong and the Mainland

Culture Wars Between Hong Kong and the Mainland

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Jan 26, 2012
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A YouTube video last week showing an altercation on Hong Kong’s mass transit subway between a mainland family and local commuters has sparked angry denunciation of Hong Kong people as ‘dogs’ and ‘trash’ by a Beijing university professor, pointing up the continuing cultural differences between the two societies.

Professor Kong Qingdong of Peking Universit…

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